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You don't get better if you win all the time. You look at yourself more when you lose.

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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That’s why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity.
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I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.
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If I had a day to myself I would just play video games with my brothers.
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And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.
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Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.
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All these people, all these things came into my life, and they're all blessings from God. And now that I look back, I realize that these are His fingerprints all over my story.
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Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity.
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My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.
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I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers.
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I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.
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My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.
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It's really important to me to go to church, which is sometimes tough when I get back from road trips late on Saturday night, but I try to make it a priority to go every week.
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You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.
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Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes.
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For me, when I get knocked down, I really try to get back up and go at it again. I don't like to give up.
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This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.
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I just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan. ... They need to live their lives as well.
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I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.
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I'm a playmaker. I'm always attacking the rim and have somewhat of a reckless style. I try to be everywhere at once.
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Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most inspiring to me about him.
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